What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

Annb said:

Sad to say, our young friend failed his driving test. The reason? Not his driving but the fact that the air bag warning light came on (he hasn't had the car long but it has never done it in his experience). From the examiner's point of view, he had come for his test in a faulty vehicle, which was a fail! This means he has not only not got a driving license - he also won't get the job he was promised. The employer needs the job to be filled immediately. I know there are rules (I didn't know about that one) but it seems so cruel.

BG was 8.1 at 04.45 today. Been to get my legs bandaged and, this time, the requested blood test. I also stopped off with Neil at a new "Pre-loved" shop - some antiques but lots of mid century stuff as well. Wobbling around that shop was enough exercise to last me a week. Ouch!

In the middle of baking Halloween biscuits and cakes. So far so good, but I'm pretty shattered and I have to get them decorated by tonight so that Neil can deliver them tomorrow morning when he takes the Scenic in for its MOT.

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That is so sad for the lad @Annb

dunelm said:

Hopefully a) a specialist diabetic nurse, b) who knows about diabetes and c) with up to date knowledge.
Knowledge is king.
All the best.

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She seemed to know her stuff, not 100% sure is a specialist Diabetic nurse,
She has upped the dose of metformin to 2 tablets twice a day, so for the next week 1 in the morning and 2 in the evening then after a week going up again if tolerated,
Booked in my repeat HBa1C for mid January,
Checked my feet, height and weight,
Checked my blood sugar level, and had a chat about checking them regularly for the next few months, seemed pleased with the fact I’ve brought a monitor and trying out the Dexcom sensor,
Had a chat about food etc and said the appointment for the eye screening should be on its way,
Answered my questions and sent me on my way,

Fbg 7.1 it is high because I am stressed...

A painting I did which was half an actual acrylic painting, and then I put it in my silhouette app for the bird etc, and then I put it in a digital painting app to do a bit more detail.

I have had a terrible couple of days. I said a couple of days ago I was having problems with a lot of spam. Even as I am writing this, I'm getting alerts for email saying I paid for things which I have not, but it is all in dollars and they need this final or whatever it is.... it just never stops.

Couple days ago, spam was saying there were problems with my bank account and I had to tap yes or no. Obviously I did not. So I did all the sensible things like checking with my bank account and everything was fine there..

But the next thing I knew my credit card was blocked. I have just been spending days trying to source something. I found it and I want to pay, but the bank declined to pay. The seller offered to wait 24 hours and he would hold the goods for me. So this was a race against time..

I get hold of my bank and they have a chat app and you get a simple bot as first port of call which was getting nowhere fast.... so I asked the bot to put me onto a real person... this was yesterday afternoon. You were in contact with a person in 30 minutes I was told. That 30 minutes dragged on to a few hours before I got an actual person.... I kept checking I was not forgotten and that I was still in the queue. I'm very tired by now being alert for this. Finally, a few hours later there was a message on my screen, and so I went to the bank app... the next part went on for about 10 hours... and this was overnight so I got no sleep last night. The person asked for details and I had to confirm who I was.. but each message to and fro was about half an hour or an an hour and a half, and so on, before they actually responded back. They asked me about my transactions and I had to say what each one was over a period of a few days. Then there was a pile of different questions. Then I had to prove who I was, I was going through an eternal hoop of questions. It felt impossible...all the while trying to keep awake so I could respond immediately. They asked if I had received texts from them. And I said no, but I had received text from spammers. And so I had to send those texts and details and numbers to the bank. All this took a lot of time.

Then just before dawn this morning (Thursday) I was told I was unblocked and I could use my credit card again. But to leave it a little while for the unblocking to go through the system....

So I got hold of my supplier. I told him I could pay in a couple of hours.... I thought that should be a long enough time for the unblocking to go through the system.

I paid and I am getting the goods in a few days.

What it was were some rubber horse mats. They have holes in them and are very good for my foot grip round the garden. I get no sun on the ground from now for about five months or so and the ground is always a bit slippy... I bought horse mats over five years ago and it stopped me having slipping type falls in my garden. But those Infernal badgers chew them up and I have some missing ones. I had a fall last week in the back garden and I slipped where the mat was missing (the badgers move the mats and shake and play with them) and I fell backwards and it took me ages to get up again. And a few days ago, I had a fall in the kitchen passageway, which is my main doorway out to the front. Again the badgers had torn the edges of the mats and moved them..... and I slipped a few days ago and fell backwards onto the ground and it took me ages to get back up. And so I needed new horse type mats....

Have a good night
Sweet dreams

A link to my painting

00.35 - just iced the last cupcake and am sitting at my desk because the kitchen is a disaster but will wait until tomorrow and I have to sit. My legs and back are screaming at me to stop tormenting them. But at least the job is done. It would have been alright if I'd allowed more time, but I am constrained by the Scenic going in for some work before its MOT tomorrow so Neil (or Alistair) has to deliver them on the way.

Over-tired and not ready to sleep yet. Still, I must try. I'm going to try to persuade my legs to hold me up as I crab my way through to the bedroom. Night night all.